The Justin Moore Outlaws Like Me 2013 US concert tour, took the American country singer/songwriter through a succession of major arenas and concert venues across the country.

With Special Event Services (SES) using an immense Outline sound system – a mix of GTO, GTO-DF, Butterfly, Mantas, LIPF and Lab 21 speakers – it was Outline’s OpenArray 3D Simulation Software that enabled the system to achieve even audience coverage and consistent sound quality at each stop.

‘The most significant aspect of the Outline system that we used for Justin Moore is that it replicates everything I give it without colouration,’ says FOH engineer, Jeff Oliver. ‘Every stage source, from all the guitar amps and microphones, to the drum kit and Justin’s vocals, are faithfully reproduced at each venue with unbelievable consistency.

‘The system puts out exactly what I put in, and I think that is the hardest aspect to achieve for live, touring concerts. With Outline, the sound is so good that the audience members feel like they are on the stage with the band no matter where they are sitting. Once you work with Outline, you get the chance to learn how an intimate sound can be achieved in a large arena.’

SES has built an international reputation for providing audio and lighting systems for a wide range of music and venue types. For sound, the company relies on the integrated flying hardware system on each speaker in conjunction with OpenArray 3D software to achieve optimum results.

‘OpenArray software and the design of the cabinets make set-up very fast and straightforward,’ says John Kaylor, systems engineer for SES. ‘We go in, measure the room and do all of the predictions in OpenArray, which is really simple to use. The result is a very detailed and accurate sound across every venue. The system’s automatic function chooses the angles for each cabinet. We set each cabinet in the array accordingly and fly the system quickly and accurately every time. I believe that the Outline system is one of the most powerful and easy-to-use products I’ve ever encountered. When you need it, the system delivers.’

‘I’ve heard elements of our band out of this PA system that I never knew were there before,’ says Oliver. ‘The Outline system delivers the level of clarity you generally see in a recording studio, a much more controlled listening environment. The stereo imagery is second to none. There are nuances that you just don’t hear in other speaker systems.

‘The way Outline’s high-end drivers and wave guides are designed reproduces the top end better than anything I’ve ever heard in my entire life. When you pan a guitar in the soundfield, you can feel it in the room, you can feel it shift. It just kind of blows your mind that the system reproduces all the way up to 18-19kHz where all that pretty sonic information is found, like overheads in a drum mix. Things like that give you that spatial feel at a concert, and that is good for the performer and the audience. We have achieved this all because of Outline.’